I’m sure taxing every single storage device in the known world, under the premise it could potentially store byte sequences, which could potentially be emitted by sound chips as audible, holds a great allure for the music industry. However, in reality, it’s yet another revenue stream that requires no work on behalf of artists or the ‘music industry’. They simply sit back and acquire the prodigious revenue from products produced by other companies. This damages the storage and technology markets, as well as punishing consumers. The Canadian government should think very carefully about this.

Subsidies never work, they are always a politically (lobbyists in case of music) driven ephemeral solution to support ailing industries which are no longer competitive.